I want to say Mahalo those who have encouraged me in this run for Oahu Resident Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs those who supported me in 2016 for Trustee at Large.

What has become apparent is the idea of aNative Hawaiian Corporationis too important to be affected by an election or any one person. Those who understand this have encouraged me to not give up and (by Gods grace) I will meet and plan with any and all who are willing to lay the ground work for its eventual creation.

This will be a “imua” project that will take great effort, but the rewards for the native Hawaiian/ part Hawaiian people and enrichment and perpetuation of their culture is to important to lay aside.

But, with Hawaiians/Polynesians making up nearly 25% of the states population this would be a broad based and critical movement for the Hawaiians themselves and for all those who love and support their culture and right to economics sovereignty.

Kamehameha was a great leader and warrior worthy of his kingship. But as history has shown the Achilles heal of monarchical government is the descendants are rarely as fit to lead as their illustrious founder.
Hawaiians need to chart a path free from allegiance to monarchs or Ali'i more akin to the fellowship of the original voyagers.

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“The stated aim of the [Hawaiian Homelands] legislation was to enable Hawaiians to escape the tenements and slums in Honolulu; back on the land, they might ʻtill the soil and become self supporting and raise healthy, happy families and become homeowners, new blood would gradually be infused into the race and it would thrive…” In 2009, a case called Corboy …

There are questions arising about landownership in Hawaii going back to the transition between the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii along with the eventual annexation as a US Territory. There are many of native Hawaiian ancestry who hold that there was a usurpation of property rights held by their families. Such property were lawfully held under the …

Hawaiian assets, particularly its land base, is scattered throughout the State. How best to administrate these land and other assets for the benefit of the Hawaiian people and their descendants has been an ongoing debate. Considering how scattered and diverse the resource base which OHA and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands has to deal with, the question arises of what …

Q. How were Alaska Native Corporations created? Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 in response to a rise in native activism and pressure from oil companies to smooth the path for a trans-Alaska pipeline after oil was discovered in 1968. The act allotted 40 million acres of land for division among 12 regional native corporations and …

These goals may seem too radical to some. And there will be those who say the of goal of a Native Hawaiian Corporation controlled by shareholders cannot be achieved. It would take a re-writing of the State Constitution. And, an act of Congress to change native Hawaiian assets and status. But can’t be done? Of course it can be …